trimus

Latin

Etymology

Possible contraction of *trihiemus, from trēs + hiems.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈtriː.mus/, [ˈt̪riːmʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈtri.mus/, [ˈt̪riːmus]

Adjective

trīmus (feminine trīma, neuter trīmum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (relational) three years
2. three-year-old
   • c. 211 BCE, Plautus, Rudens 3.4.38–40:

     DAEMONĒS. Opsecrō, dēfende cīvēs tuās, senex. LABRĀX. Ō fīlia
     mea, cum hanc videō, meārum mē absēns miseriārum commonēs;
     trīma quae periit mihi, iam tanta esset, sī vīvit, sciō.

     DAEMONES. Prithee, defend your countrywomen, old man. LABRAX. Oh daughter
     of mine, when I look on her, separated from me you remind me of my miseries;
     she who was lost by me when three years old, now, if she is living, she's just about as tall, I know.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	trīmus	trīma	trīmum		trīmī	trīmae	trīma
genitive	trīmī	trīmae	trīmī		trīmōrum	trīmārum	trīmōrum
dative	trīmō	trīmae	trīmō		trīmīs
accusative	trīmum	trīmam	trīmum		trīmōs	trīmās	trīma
ablative	trīmō	trīmā	trīmō		trīmīs
vocative	trīme	trīma	trīmum		trīmī	trīmae	trīma

Synonyms

• (three-year-old): triennis

Derived terms

• trīmātus
• trīmulus

Related terms

• bīmus
• quadrīmus

References

• “trimus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “trimus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• trimus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.